Bang On #144: The Crown, Rihanna, Billie Eilish and Zadie Smith
The trailer for season 4 of The Crown is out and we are absolutely frothing for it. A new Crocs x Bieber collab has the internet ablaze again, and while younger folks have been behind the plastic clog for a while now, it feels as though the multi-generational tipping point is here. Meanwhile Rihanna has drawn attention to male body image with her brilliant inclusion of 2XL model Steven G in her latest undies campaign, while Billie Eilish’s appearance is being dissected once again (she’s having none of it). Scat talk makes a welcome appearance (for Zan) with news of an updated toilet for women in space, only 50 odd years since space flight began. And Stevie Nicks has jumped on board the TikTok meme train, but at what price? Meanwhile Myf has been digging into a Zadie Smith audiobook very much for the times, while Zan is banging on about the 4 Corners & Hack investigation into Tinder.
Show notes:
The Crown season 4 trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hJ5CwsphdQ&ab_channel=NetflixUK%26Ireland
Crocs bounce back as ‘comfy’ becomes the new norm: https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2020/oct/14/crocs-bounce-back-as-comfy-becomes-new-norm
It’s time to reconsider Crocs with these fire collabs: https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/best-crocs-buy-online/
Stevie Nicks posts her TikTok meme: https://www.vulture.com/2020/10/watch-stevie-nicks-dreams-tiktok.html
How Rihanna made plus-size men the next big thing: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/oct/11/how-rihanna-savage-x-fenty-made-plus-size-men-the-next-big-thing
Billie Eilish: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/scaachikoul/billie-eilish-photo-body-image-weight
NASA finally made a toilet for women: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/10/space-toilet-nasa-women/616686/
Zadie Smith’s Intimations: https://www.penguin.com.au/books/intimations-9780241492383
4 Corners & Hack on Tinder: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-12/tinder-dating-app-helps-sexual-predators-hide-four-corners/12722732?nw=0Email us: bangon.podcast@abc.net.au
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